2014学年高三年级第二次月考英语试卷2014. 12
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。
命题：高三备课组
第I卷（选择题，共90分）
第一部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分40分)
第一节: 单项填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. — Did you have a wonderful time at the party last night?
— ________! I’ve never had a more wonderful time all my life.
A. You bet
B. No problem
C. Don’t mention it
D. Got it
2. ________ Panama-registered bulk cargo ship with 24 Chinese sailors on board was hijacked
by seven pirates on Thursday in the Arabian Sea, according to ________ China Sea Rescue Centre.
A. A; /
B. A; the
C. /; a
D. The; the
3. —I can’t believe that Jack should have quarrelled and fought with his boss.
—Well, if one must ask for trouble, ________ just can’t be h elped.
A. that
B. it
C. this
D. one
4. The reason why he adapted to the new situations quickly is that he has a ________ attitude.
A. changeable
B. pure
C. movable
D. flexible
5. — Do you think it wise for Chinese parents to try to do everything for their children?
—No, that’s ________ they are mistaken.
A. where
B. when
C. in which
D. what
6. People who do not smoke have less ________ of suffering from lung cancer than those who
do so.
A. potential
B. sympathy
C. awareness
D. prejudice
7. The child enjoyed ________ up the wooden bricks then knocking them down.
A. adding
B. pushing
C. piling
D. forming
8. An early typewriter produced letters quickly and neatly; the typist, ________, couldn't see his
work on his machine.
A. however
B. therefore
C. yet
D. although
9. The movie Jurassic Park was a big hit, with its novel idea ________ a mixture of fear and
excitement into people’s hearts.
A. strikes
B. struck
C. to strike
D. striking
10. It’s certai nly hard work. But, ________, a man who wishes to have a career has to make a
great many sacrifices.
A. on the contrary
B. on the other hand
C. for another
D. in addition
11. Minister Bill De Blasio ________ in office fewer than 48 hours when he came face to face
with his biggest challenge in his life.
A. has been
B. had been
C. would be
D. is
12. _______ the risks he might face, Edward Snowden, a former CIA technician, leaked secrets
about US spying programs.
A. Instead of
B. For fear of
C. On account of
D. In spite of
13. Peter survived in the accident when he fell overboard yesterday. He ________ escaped
drowning.
A. nearly
B. slightly
C. narrowly
D. hardly
14. Security was such a major concern at the conference that no journalists could approach the
meeting zone without ________ the special pass.
A. commanding
B. issuing
C. producing
D. involving
15. As Benjamin Franklin put it, “A house is not a home ________ it contains food and fire for
the mind as well as the body.”
A. since
B. as
C. once
D. unless
16. The Greens ________ on time, but their car had a flat tyre on the halfway.
A. would arrive
B. could arrive
C. must have arrived
D. would have
arrived
17. Policemen think that where there is violence, drugs with damaging effects on kids are always
________ it.
A. beyond
B. before
C. behind
D. besides
18. Please tell me how the accident ________. I am still in the dark.
A. came up
B. came out
C. came to
D. came about
19. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't ________ what color it was.
A. look out
B. make out
C. get across
D. take after
20. —John, what about going for a bicycle ride tomorrow?
— ________. I am looking forward to it.
A. Up to you
B. That’s all right
C. No kidding
D. Sounds
fantastic
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21一40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.
The first two __21__ there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang __22__ for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.
As we were __23__ on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them __24__ off at the walls or floor. However, one lady __25__ my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing, at least they didn’t __26__ like that. As we got __27__ with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got. __28__ she was singing, she was also __29__ out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my __30__ were to my students. People who worked at the care center could __31__ to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling __32__ about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.
Justin also __33__ the same lady. The difference between us is that he __34__ on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, “Silent Night,” Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He
looked this aged lady in her __35__and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my __36__to let you know that.”
This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No __37__can completely describe that touching moment...
It __38__ a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a __39__ that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself __40__ to have witnessed his lesson.
21. A. rooms B. buildings C. floors D. groups
22. A. bravely B. shyly C. madly D. beautifully
23. A. dancing B. meeting C. gathering D. singing
24. A. stared B. shut C. paid D. glared
25. A. looked B. caught C. escaped D. hurt
26. A. appear B. hear C. sound D. feel
27. A. louder B. nearer C. faster D. higher
28. A. Because B. As C. Since D. Though
29. A. moving B. reaching C. coming D. spreading
30. A. interests B. abilities C. feeling s D. responsibilities
31. A. speak B. object C. attend D. compare
32. A. afraid B. sure C. guilty D. scary
33. A. feared B. avoided C. helped D. noticed
34. A. called B. acted C. insisted D. kept
35. A. tears B. hands C. eyes D. face
36. A. time B. flower C. body D. cheek
37. A. words B. poems C. expressions D. songs
38. A. took B. wasted C. caused D. made
39. A. message B. lesson C. activity D. class
40. A. clever B. foolish C. right D. lucky
第二部分：阅读理解（本题有两小节，第一节共20小题, 第二节共5小题，每小题2分；
满分50分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated by men.
I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations(刺激): I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory.
I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tel l them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking abou t.
41. Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
A. She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.
B. She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination.
C. She is not good at telling stories of the kind.
D. She finds space research more important.
42. From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would say the author’s failures were due to ________.
A. the very fact that she is a woman
B. her involvement in gender politics
C. her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist
D. the burden she bears in a male-dominated society
43. What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D. and post-doctoral research?
A. Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.
B. Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.
C. People’s stereotyped(模式化的) attitude toward female scientists.
D. Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurture.
44. Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class?
A. Female students no longer have to bother about gender issues.
B. Her students’ performance has brought back her confidence.
C. Her female students can do just as well as male students.
D. More female students are pursuing science than before.
45. What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?
A. Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation.
B. Women have more barriers on their way to academic success.
C. Women can balance a career in science and having a family.
D. Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career.
B
Occasional self-medication has always been part of normal living. The making and selling of drugs have a long history and are closely linked, like medical practice itself, with the belief in magic. Only during the last hundred years or so has the development of scientific techniques made it possible for some of the causes of symptoms to be understood, so that more accurate diagnosis has become possible. The doctor is now able to follow up the correct diagnosis(诊断)of many
illnesses with specific treatment of their causes. In many other illnesses, of which the causes remain unknown, it is still limited, like the unqualified prescriber (出具处方者), to the treatment of symptoms. The doctor is trained to decide when to treat symptoms only and when to attack the cause: this is the essential difference between medical prescribing and self-medication.
The advance of technology has brought about much progress in some fields of medicine, including the development of scientific drug therapy (治疗法). In many countries public health organization is improving and people's nutritional standards have risen.Parallel with such beneficial trends have two harmful effects. One is the use of high-pressure advertising by the pharmaceutical（制药）industry, which has tended to influence both patients and doctors and has led to the overuse of drugs generally. The other is the emergence of the sedentary (需要久坐的) society with its faulty ways of life: lack of exercise, over-eating, unsuitable eating, not enough sleep, too much smoking and drinking. People with disorders arising from faulty habits such as these, as well as from unhappy human relationships, often resort to self-medication and so add the taking of pharmaceuticals to the list. Advertisers go to great lengths to catch this market.
Clever advertising, aimed at chronic (慢性的)sufferers who will try anything because doctors have not been able to cure them, can induce such faith in a preparation, particularly if steeply priced, that it will produce—by suggestion—a very real effect in some people. Advertisements are also aimed at people suffering from mild complaints such as simple colds and coughs, which clear up by themselves within a short time.
These are the main reasons why laxatives, indigestion remedies, painkillers, tonics, vitamin and iron tablets and many other preparations are found in quantity in many households. It is doubtful whether taking these things ever improves a person's health; it may even make it worse. Worse because the preparation may contain unsuitable ingredients; worse because the taker may become dependent on them; worse because they might be taken in excess; worse because they may cause poisoning, and worse of all because symptoms of some serious underlying cause may be masked and therefore medical help may not be sought.
46. The first paragraph is intended to ________.
A. suggest that self-medication has a long history
B. define what diagnosis means exactly
C. praise doctors for their expertise
D. tell the symptoms from the causes
47 Advertisements are aimed at people suffering from mild complaints because ________.
A. they often watch ads on TV
B. they are more likely to buy the drugs advertised
C. they generally lead a sedentary life
D. they don't take to sports and easily catch colds
48. Paragraphs 2 and 3 explain ________.
A. those good things are not without side effects
B. why clever advertising is so powerful
C. why in modern times self-medication is still practised
D. why people develop faulty ways of life
49. The best title for the passage would be ________.
A. Medical Practice
B. Clever Advertising
C. Self-Medication
D. Self-Treatment
C
I had an experience some years ago which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I had to conduct two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community. Both had died "full of years," as the Bible would say; both yielded to the normal wearing out of the body after a long and full life. Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence (吊唁) calls on the two families on the same afternoon.
At the first home, the son of the dead woman said to me, "If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It's my fault that she died." At the second home, the son of the other dead woman said, "If only I hadn't insisted on my mother's going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride, the abrupt change of climate, was more than she could take. It's my fault that she's dead."
When things don't turn out as we would like them to, it is very tempting to assume that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Priests(牧师) know that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out badly, they believe that the opposite course - keeping Mother at home, delaying the operation would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?
There seem to be two elements involved in our readiness to feel guilt. The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens. That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.
The second element is the concept that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. Psychologists speak of the infantile(幼儿的) myth of omnipotence (万能). A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and orders the rest of the world to its tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely outgrow that infantile concept that our wishes cause things to happen.
50. What is said about the two dead elderly women?
A. They lived out a natural life.
B. They died of exhaustion after the long plane ride.
C. They weren't accustomed to the change in weather.
D. They died due to lack of care by family members.
51. The author had to conduct the two women's funerals probably because ________.
A. he wanted to comfort the two families
B. he was an official from the community
C. he had great sympathy for the dead
D. he was priest of the local church
52. People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because ________
A. they couldn't find a better way to express their deep sorrow
B. they believe that they were responsible
C. they had overlooked the natural course of events
D. they didn't know things often turn out in the opposite direction
53. In the context of the passage, "... the world makes sense" (Line 2, Para, 4) probably means that_______.
A. everything in the world is decided in advance
B. the world can be interpreted in different ways
C. there's an explanation for everything in the world
D. we have to be sensible in order to understand the world
54. People have been made to believe since infancy that ________.
A. everybody is at their command
B. life and death is an unsolved mystery
C. every story should have a happy ending
D. their wishes are the cause of everything that happens
D
The first memory I have of him---of anything, really---is his strength. It was in the late afternoon in a house under construction near ours. The unfinished wood floor had large, terrifying holes whose big and opening darkness I knew led to nowhere good. His powerful hands, then age 33, wrapped all the way around my tiny arms, then age 4, and easily swung me up to his shoulders to command all I surveyed.
The relationship between a son and his father changes over time. It may grow and flourish in mutual maturity. It may sour in hated dependence or independence. With many children living in single-parent homes today, it may not even exist.
But to a little boy right after World War II, a father seemed a god with strange strengths and strange powers enabling him to do and know things that no mortal could do or know. Amazing things, like putting a bicycle chain back on, just like that, or building a hamster cage, or guiding a jigsaw(拼版玩具)so it forms the letter F; I learned the alphabet that way in those pre-television days.
There were, of course, rules to learn. First came the handshake, a good firm squeeze accompanied by an equally strong gaze into the other's eyes. "The first thing anyone knows about you is your handshake,” he would say. And we'd practice it each night on his return from work, the serious toddler(学步儿童)in the old Cleveland Indian's cap running up to the giant father to shake hands again and again until it was firm enough.
One day, I realize now, there was a change. I wasn't trying to please him so much as I was trying to impress him. I never asked him to come to my football games. He had a high-pressure career, and it meant driving through most of Friday night. But for all the big games, when I looked over at the sideline, there was that familiar fedora(软呢帽). And by God, did the opposing team captain ever get a firm handshake and a gaze he would remember?
Then, a school fact contradicted something he said. Impossible that he could be wrong, but there it was in the book. These accumulated over time, along with personal experiences, to strengthen my own developing sense of values. And I could tell we had each taken our own, perfectly normal paths. I began to see, too, his blind spots, his prejudices and his weaknesses. I never threw these up at him. He hadn't to me, and, anyway, he seemed to need protection. I stopped asking his advice; the experiences he drew from no longer seemed relevant to the decisions I had to make.
He volunteered advice for a while. But then, in more recent years, politics and issues gave way to talk of empty errands and, always, to illness.
After much thought and practice “ You can do whatever you have to do.”, one night last winter, I sat down by his bed and remembered for an instant those terrifying dark holes in another house 35 years before. I told my father how much I loved him. I described all the things people were doing for him. But, I said, he kept eating poorly, hiding in his room and violating the doctor's orders. No amount of love could make someone else care about life, I said; it was a two-way street. He wasn't doing his best. The decision was his.
He said he knew how hard my words had been to say and how proud he was of me. “I had the best teacher,” I said. “You can do whatever you have to do.” He smiled a little. And we shook hands, firmly, for the last time.
Several days later, at about 4 A.M., my mother heard Dad shuffling about their dark room. “ I have some things I have to do,” he said. He paid a bundle of bills. He composed for my mother a long list of legal and financial what-to-do's “ in case of emergency.” And he wrote me a note.
Then he walked back to his bed and laid himself down. He went to sleep, naturally. And he did not wake up.
55. The underlined word “it” in Para 2 may refer to _______.
A. a single-parent home
B. the relationship between a son and his father
C. the mutual maturity
D. the dependence or independence
56. From the passage we can infer that ______.
A. there was no television when the writer was learning the alphabet
B. the writer’s father was a god who could do many things with strength
C. the writer’s father lived a poor life and couldn’t support his family
D. they practiced shaking hands until the writer grew up
57. What does the underlined sentence “… and it meant driving through most of Friday night.”
probably imply?
A. The writer’s father had to drive a long way on Friday night to watch his son play football.
B. Because of a high-pressure career, the writer’s father had to drive from Monday to Friday night.
C. The writer’s father was deeply impressed by his son in spite of a high-pressure career.
D. The writer’s father was forced to work to an excessive (过量的) extent.
58. The sixth paragraph is mainly about ______.
A. the writer’s change of attitude to his father
B. the writer’s distrust of his father
C. the contradiction (矛盾) between the writer and his father
D. the change of relationship between the writer and his father
59. According to the passage we can see that the writer’s father was ______.
A. sensitive and strong
B. considerate and responsible
C. strict and humorous
D. determined and weak
60. How old was the writer’s father probably when he died?
A. 33
B. 58
C. 68
D. 78
第二节：下面文章中有5处（第61-65题）需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合各段意思的小标题，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A.How to deal with listening practice
B.Class atmosphere matters a lot in learning
C.Monitoring activities is one of the main tasks of teachers
D.How to evaluate student performance
E.Group work needs organizing properly
https://www.doczj.com/doc/4016849035.html,munication skills play a big role in language learning
Both instructors and learners can get benefits from the following learning strategies as long as they are properly made use of in language learning．
61． .The information presented in this section focuses on specific conversation, discussion, or presentation skills．The activities are generally self-explanatory, with students expressing opinions, making decisions, solving problems, planning presentations, and so on．Engaged in these activities, students have the possibility of communicating with each other in class．This section also includes lists of expressions used to illustrate different language functions, such as agreeing, disagreeing, and asking for clarity in order to help students expand their knowledge of English．
62． .In a speaking or listening course, students' anxieties can affect their learning．For this reason, it is important to establish a friendly, relaxed classroom environment．It may help students think of the classroom as a laboratory where they can experiment and take risks with the language．In such circumstances, students should realize that errors are a natural and expected part of learning a language．In addition, one of the goals of this plan is to encourage students to examine their own opinions and values while at the same time showing respect for the opinions and values of others.
63. ____. Many of the activities in this section involve the students' cooperating work in class.
Generally, such an activity taken up by four members seem to work the best. Groups of three or five members may also be effective, depending on the activity. The first unit includes guidelines for organizing group work, with students taking on the following roles: leader, reader, summarizer, reporter, and observer (if necessary). Organizing all activities in this way makes the course truly learner-centered since students must take full responsibility for carrying out each activity. As for seating, group members should arrange their seats or chairs in a small circle to encourage interaction.
64. ____.Being a teacher, in the course of group activities, you should circulate from group to
group, which helps ensure that students are on task and are using English. While you should not participate in pair or group activities, you need to stay involved in what the students are doing. One important reason to circulate during activities is to keep track of the kinds of problems students have, such as grammatical accuracy, fluency, word choice, pronunciation and intonation discussion strategies, etc. However, it is generally not effective to correct students' errors when they are involved in an activity The most practical way to deal with communication problems is to make notes of what you observe as you are circulating. You can then use this information to provide feedback after the activity or to develop future lessons.
65. ____. At the beginning of the course, when they need to build up their confidence, students
benefit most from encouragement and positive comment. If possible, you'd rather not grade the students first few efforts at speaking in a group or to the class. Many students suffer such anxiety in speaking situations that any criticism at this stage can have the opposite effects.